The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

Note des utilisateurs:

6.9/10   

Réalisateur:

Roger Spottiswoode

Writers:

Jane Hawksley (writer)
James MacManus (writer)

Release Date:

3 avril 2008 (China)

Genre:

Drame | War

Plot:

About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurse, saves a group of orphaned children during the Japanese occupation of China in 1937.

Plot Keywords:

China | Orphan | WWII | British | 1930s

Avis des utilisateurs:

Near to greatness

Ensemble

Jonathan Rhys Meyers	...	George Hogg
Radha Mitchell	...	Lee Pearson
Yun-Fat Chow	...	Chen Hansheng
Michelle Yeoh	...	Mrs. Wang
Guang Li	...	Shi-Kai
Lin Ji	...	Horse Rider
Matt Walker	...	Andy Fisher
Anastasia Kolpakova	...	Duschka
Ping Su	...	Eddie Wei
Imai Hideaki	...	Japanese Officer
Sciichiro Hashimoto	...	Urbane Japanese Officer
Shinichi Takashima	...	Hostile Kempetai Officer
Xing Mang	...	Young Communist
Ruixiang Zhu	...	Japanese Officer II
Yuelong Fang	...	Rou Ding

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Children of the Silk Road (Australia)
Escape from Huang Shi (Singapore: English title)
Orphelins de Huang Shi, Les (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for some disturbing and violent content.

Durée:

114 min

Pays:

Australia | China | Germany

Langue:

Anglais | Japonais | Mandarin

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Netherlands:16 | USA:R | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | South Korea:12

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Chedun Studios, Shanghai, China

Company:

Australian Film Commission, The

Anecdotes:

About 10,000 extras were hired.

Near to greatness

I really loved this movie though many may disagree and find it a bit childish, i prefer to look at it as a message of hope. OK, Maybe hope is a lie,blah blah...but sometimes, just sometimes, we need to pretend it's not and this movie achieves that. for an hour and a bit, it gives you that feeling, that sometimes throughout human history, there are actually some people (one man, one woman, one child, it doesn't matter) that can make hopes true just by believing it very hard and working very hard for it's beliefs. But at the same time, this movie never tryes to hide the harsh reality of war (and this history passage in particularly), just recognises it but put it a bit out of the big screening drama, and show an other side: the history of great men in the middle of it that deserve an homage, passing the message, that, when life happens, some run, some make the best they can with it even if they wonna run. OK, the dialogues were a bit to much worked out, the story goes a bit away from many details for political politeness (i guess) which is the only flaw i can see in the all movie. The actors, all of them, seemed really up to the job it was supposed to be delivered: I think it meant to be an homage, a simple story of courage and hope of one man, and not a war movie, so i think it achieved its goal. For the fans of harsh war movies (as myself): OK, this is not one of them, but i don't think it was meant to be either, and i think it served it's purpose, and i think it's not weak to recognise we can like both genres for they complete one another.